Press Release: International Media Training organized by the Mossawa Center

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Dalia Nassar

Email: themossawacenter@gmail.com

Office: +972-4-855-5901

International Media Training organized by the Mossawa Center

For immediate release, March 3rd, 2013: The Mossawa Center is organizing an
International Media training for a group of participants in the “Empowering
the Periphery Project: Palestinian and Bedouin NSAs activated for Community
Development”.

On Friday 8th, and Saturday 9th of March, the 18 youth who were nominated
for a series of trainings beginning with International Media and continuing
on to International Advocacy and Marketing, will begin their journey. The
participants include youth and women from the West Bank and Neqev and in a
special event they will be joined by youth from Gaza through a video
conference.

The training will include lectures and workshops given by specialists on the
importance of the International Media, skills to working with the
International Media, Social Media, and Social Networking.

Wafaa Zriek-Srour, coordinator of project states “The training that will
take place this weekend in Ramallah, is part of the third and last series of
trainings in this project. The objective of this training is to provide the
women and youth with tools to improve the portrayal of their issues in the
media, by learning how to write press releases and articles and how to
cooperate with the local and international media." It is noteworthy that
this economic empowerment project aims to develop human resources and
economic capabilities in women and youth in the Negev and oPT. The project
is supported by the European Union and is implemented in cooperation with
Sidreh, Lakiya Women's Association, Filastiniyat, and the Heinrich Böll
Foundation.

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The Mossawa Center, the Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel, is a
non-profit, non-governmental organization that works to promote equality for
the Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel. Established in 1997, the Mossawa
Center strives to improve the social, economic and political status of the
Arab citizens of Israel, while preserving their national and cultural rights
as Palestinians.

Mossawa Center - The Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens
Tel: +972.4.8555901/2
Fax: +972.48552772
www.mossawa.org
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